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I had a conversation with my friend in Canada. It all started out innocently enough, with him saying me that he will take me out for 10 cents wings if I go back to Calgary. Somehow the conversation went into the topic of Buffalo wings. My friend insisted that Buffalo wings are made from buffalo meat. Buffalo’s legbone to be specific. I was like ?!?!?!?!?! Buffalo wings are made from CHICKEN! Despite my unwillingness to back down on my view, he was quite adamant and tried to convince me otherwise. I am embarrased to say that at one point, I wavered a bit, and actually started to believe him…

Just to make sure that I wouldn’t look like a fool, I did some fast web surfing and I pulled out articles and recipes on Buffalo wings. Sure enough, the main ingrediant in ALL of the recipes is CHICKEN!!! I cut and pasted paragraphs of the articles I pulled out, he read them and said that I should have trusted him and I that shouldn’t be so gullible and silly as to believe everything I read online. I was like ?!?!?!?!?! GULLIBLE?!?!?! SILLY?!?!?! I had all the facts and proof here to say that Buffalo wings are indeed chicken wings!!! At that point, I wanted to strangle him to death!!!!!! I still do…hmmm…

Ladies and gentlemen, if you don’t want to get me upset, please don’t try to convince me that Buffalo wings are ‘Buffalo wings’. Below are some facts about Buffalo wings that you might want to read, for entertainment purposes of course. Who knows, maybe it will be a good topic to talk about in your future social gatherings.

"Buffalo Wings (known simply as "wings" or "chicken wings" in much of the Northeastern United States, especially in areas around Buffalo, NY, where they are almost never referred to as Buffalo Wings by locals), are unbreaded chicken wing sections (called flats and drums), deep fried, and coated in a cayenne pepper-based sauce with other seasonings. Although many variations on this sauce exist, the original sauce is composed of only five ingredients: cayenne pepper sauce, white vinegar, butter, salt, and garlic. When using a prepared hot sauce of vinegar and cayenne pepper, the recipe is simply a mixture of hot sauce and melted butter. Buffalo wings are named after the city of Buffalo, New York where they originated, and the appellation "buffalo" is now commonly applied to foodstuffs other than wings that are seasoned with the sauce or close variations on it.

In wing parlance, a "single" order is ten wings, a "double" is 20, and a "triple" is 30. Buffalo wings can usually be ordered by the "bucket" in quantities of 50 or more, and Buffalo wing sauce can be made with a variable amount of heat/spiciness, the names of these sauces generally corresponding to the level of heat (for example, "suicidal," "hot," "medium," or "mild"). For authentic Buffalo wings, "hot," "medium," and "mild" all use the same sauce. Cooks achieve the requested level of heat by adding cayenne (or other spices, such as african bird seed) to raise the "heat" or adding butter to cool the spiciness.

Buffalo wings are now typically served with celery sticks, carrot sticks, and blue cheese salad dressing. Some restaurants serve their wings with ranch dressing instead of blue cheese (but never in Buffalo, NY)."

The punch line of the story is? After all this hard work, he said he was kidding, and that he couldn’t believe I was so gullible that I actually believed him! Haaah…haaah…haaah. I’m glad he found it entertaining. *ROLLS HER EYES* Haaah…haaah…haaah…WHATEVER

I think he wouldn’t take me out for wings anymore now that he has read my blog…Kekeke.

I would like to have a break from KK, and I do miss Calgary sometimes. I miss walking alone in the shopping malls; observing people during rush hour. I miss going to the library and reading tons of books! I miss my multi-step classes at the YMCA. I miss baking sugar cookies at home; and the spicy cinnamon-ie smell that comes from the oven! I even miss the fresh feeling I get from the freezing cold weather during winter time! Crazy!

Okay okay, you may ask, if I miss so many things in Calgary, why don’t I just go back then? Well, that is because I love KK too! I love the freedom I get in KK. No cooking, no cleaning, no laundry! I enjoy the warm weather here, and I love the fact that I don’t have to plan anything when I go out. When I feel bored, I can just call my friends up, get the car keys and off I go. As well, my family is here. Mom and dad are getting older day by day, even though they didn’t mention anything about me staying back, I know they would want me to be here with them.

The past two years have been amazing to me. I met so many people, made so many friends! My life has been a bit chaotic, some would say a bit too chaotic at times! But I didn’t mind it, not at all. I enjoyed every moment of laughter, tears, happiness and sadness I experienced. That was certainly a stark contrast from my ever boring life in Calgary back then.

If I go back, I will get good pay, but at the expense of a life? I will be lonely as hell and I will DEFINITELY shrivel up like a prune! I feel sick thinking about the day when I leave the KK airport, all red-eyed with tears streaming down my face! Rest assure, that is exactly what will happen! I hate saying goodbye! BLAH! I guess I really can’t have the best sides of both world hey?